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Investors should not be too sanguine about transition from scandal-linked rate
Lift the debt burden and shift to a repayment system linked to graduate income
Commenters share ideas on how to fix the dwindling value of higher education
After student loans sparked a three-decade expansion, higher education faces a reckoning
Bank of England examines how loans affect graduates’ ability to spend and pay other debts
Move intended to encourage people to consider vocational training rather than just university
The casino-like system means universities win the loan dollars; students pay regardless
It’s the sort of sleight-of-hand that helped bring down Carillion
Too often the ONS is slow and has to be prodded into improvements
An accountancy change sheds light on a system lacking clear strategy
Debts deemed unlikely to be repaid will be counted as government spending under new rules
Offloading assets to private investors for an illusory short-term gain stores up trouble
Government received ‘too little in return for what it gave up’, says watchdog
Students must be protected if higher education providers go bust
Politicians and policymakers fear rising burden is a long-term drag on US economy
Privatised lender taken has advantage of the Trump era to prosper
Fewer graduates fall into arrears as economy strengthens but debt level tops $1.4tn
Ministers should be asking themselves what and who higher education is for
Undergraduate years are sometimes a testing voyage of financial discovery
